“It’s time we grow up,” says former moderator of jailbait subreddit.

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        I think he’s referring to how Reddit used to operate on Tencent funding.
        Tencent is partially owned by the Chinese government.

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        It’s well known and accepted that the Chinese government has significant control of Chinese companies, and Reddit is partially owned by Tencent. That’s not xenophobic.

        The fact that it’s something like a 5% stake is more relevant.

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            1 year ago

            “a literal US military arm” is just as ridiculous. It’s neither.

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                And you think there aren’t Russian and Chinese propagandists on Reddit?

                pro-US imperialist propaganda

                Right. Like all those school kids getting shot.

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        I am asking this in full earnestness: is any critique of the Chinese government assumed to be rooted in xenophobia?

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            I feel that maybe you’re reading my question as ‘critique of China is inherently support for the west/US/etc’ which I absolutely do not mean. I think that it’s possible that painting all critique with a broad ‘xenophobia’ brush (while undoubtedly warranted at times) can prevent discussion in good faith.